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Michèle Mouton: the only female Rally driver who won a WRC title....


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Just because we have been debating females on motorbikes; the attempts of female to win on motorbike races have been unsuccessful so far.

But if you have never heard about an exceptional lady driver who won against male counterparts, here's Michèle Mouton:

 

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And Sebastien Loeb won the 2022 WRC Monte Carlo Rally... at 47 years old and semi-retired.

 

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1 hour ago, p6x said:

And Sebastien Loeb won the 2022 WRC Monte Carlo Rally... at 47 years old and semi-retired.

 

This is Loeb's 2013 effort. Just crazy to go along for the (wild) ride!

 

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@docc By winning the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, Sebastien Loeb set a new record; oldest driver ever to win a WRC rally.

He won 9 times the WRC world championship.

Incidentally, Sebastien Ogier won 8 times so far, still in the race to get to nine this year, arrived 2nd at the 2022 Monte Carlo after leading, but had a puncture to give Loeb the win.

It seems like when you are born, if they name you Sebastien, you are bound to become a talented rally driver?

When you think about it, (Finland, Sweden, Norway) always were the countries producing the best rally drivers.

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When Michelle set the record up The Mountain the road was largely unpaved.  It's paved all the way now.  

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7 hours ago, p6x said:

@docc By winning the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally, Sebastien Loeb set a new record; oldest driver ever to win a WRC rally.

He won 9 times the WRC world championship.

Incidentally, Sebastien Ogier won 8 times so far, still in the race to get to nine this year, arrived 2nd at the 2022 Monte Carlo after leading, but had a puncture to give Loeb the win.

It seems like when you are born, if they name you Sebastien, you are bound to become a talented rally driver?

When you think about it, (Finland, Sweden, Norway) always were the countries producing the best rally drivers.

Ahem...Colin McRae - Scotland and Walter Rohrl - Germany... I'd take these two any day for style and substance as well.

Back to Pikes peak...everyone should enjoy a ride up there at least once on a motorcycle...it's a fun ride to the North Pole, well worth the investment in time to get there.

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6 hours ago, LowRyter said:

When Michelle set the record up The Mountain the road was largely unpaved.  It's paved all the way know.  

True! kudos to her....

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For those of you unfamiliar with what the Monte Carlo means, watch this!!! no boring narrative, just the facts, and a back flip at the end....

 

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